Monthly Archives: March 2017
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns +0.75% On Macro Strength
(FINalternatives) Liquid alternatives rose in February but largely underperformed their traditional hedge fund brethren, according to new research from Wilshire Associates. To read this article:
Blackrock Vows New Pressure on Climate, Board Diversity
(Reuters) BlackRock Inc(BLK.N), which wields outsized clout as the world’s largest asset manager, planned on Monday to put new pressure on companies to explain themselves on issues including how climate change could affect their business as well as boardroom diversity. […]
Hedge Funds Find No Joy in Macro as Returns Lag Trump Rally
(Bloomberg) In 2017, macro hedge funds were expected to shine. So far? Not so much.It’s been a far from impressive first two months for funds that trade around macroeconomic events. Discretionary funds rose just 0.3 percent through February, according to […]
A Hedge Fund With Big-Name Backing Has Suffered Another Blow
(Yahoo News) Folger Hill Asset Management, a hedge fund backed by Leucadia, has suffered another blow. Rayne Gaisford, the director of risk management, left in recent weeks and plans to work in consulting, according to people familiar with the situation. […]
Back From NYC, Trader at Swedish Hedge Fund Steps on the Brakes
(Bloomberg) If you want to protect your portfolio, you better go liquid. The current market is “priced for perfection,” said Sean George, a partner and head of fixed income at Swedish fund manager Granit Fonder AB. “It’s time to step […]
Disaster Risk – Priced In Risk Reversals
(Harvest) There has been a lot of discussion about crisis alpha with some hedge fund strategies like managed futures and the need for investors to build portfolios which will provide some crisis risk offset. There has been less talk about […]
A Fascinating Look at Dr. Michael Burry’s Investment Strategy
(Harvest) Dr. Michael Burry was one of the heroes of Michael Lewis’s book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine , which tells the story about how he correctly predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse in 2008 and decided […]
Scaramucci Could Get Slammed With Taxes If He Doesn’t Land White House Gig
(New York Post) Scaramucci’s White House bid may not be dead yet Well-known hedge fund executive Anthony Scaramucci, his possible White House gig already very much up in the air, could be facing a whopping tax bill if no Trump […]
Hedge Fund Industry Working Group to Focus On Data Management Quality
(Hedgeweek) More than 150 senior executives from across the hedge fund industry have attended the first meeting of the new Data Management Working Group for the Alternatives Industry (DMWGAI)… To read this article:
SEC Charges Company and Executives With Touting Bogus Revenues
(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a California-based company and its founder with falsely touting “record” revenue numbers to investors and claiming to be a leader in the medical marijuana industry while some of its earnings came from […]
eVestment: Hedge Fund Aggregate Up +1.08% In February as 70% Of Funds Book Positive Results
(FINalternatives) Hedge funds continued their winning streak in February, returned an average of 1.08% during the month – the twelfth positive period in the last thirteen – and bringing year-to-date returns to +2.24%, according to new research provider eVestment. To […]
Preqin Study Finds Private Debt Management Fees At Eight-Year Low
(FINalternatives) New data from Preqin reveals that fees charged by private debt funds during their investment periods, already in a downtrend since 2014, have reached an eight-year low among funds launched last year. To read this article: